because he looked earnestly at his brother when he saw him come into the
room。
But; when his brother reached the bed…side; he slowly raised himself in
bed; and looking full upon him; said these words:
'JAMES; YOU HAVE SEEN ME BEFORE; TO…NIGHT … AND YOU
KNOW IT!'
And so died!
I waited; when the German courier ceased; to hear something said of
this strange story。 The silence was unbroken。 I looked round; and the
five couriers were gone: so noiselessly that the ghostly mountain might
have absorbed them into its eternal snows。 By this time; I was by no
means in a mood to sit alone in that awful scene; with the chill air coming
solemnly upon me … or; if I may tell the truth; to sit alone anywhere。 So I
went back into the convent… parlour; and; finding the American gentleman
still disposed to relate the biography of the Honourable Ananias Dodger;
heard it all out。
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